Ms GILLARD (Lalor—Prime Minister) (14:00): I inform the House that the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Minister for Defence will be absent from question time for the rest of this week as they are attending the Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations, AUSMIN, in San Francisco. The Minister for Trade will answer questions on behalf of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Minister for Veterans' Affairs, Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, Minister for Indigenous Health and the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on the Centenary of ANZAC will answer questions on behalf of the Minister for Defence.